Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-22

The street Paving Ordinance -
served HIS Term Out. sc.

The Council Committee on Streets. a.
announced yesterday, wa, In session until
q late hour Monday niglt considering the
TCe.paYng ordnance and perfectiDV "
IN some matters OF detail. Dir. David l..
Pulliam, who drew the paper, and te"
property owners, were also present and
made such sugg, s'iOnS TO the committee a
appeared to them wise, and ali were re
cciyed and gwen careful consideration.
The ordinance had been considered by
this committee before and reported fayOra.
bly,. # was recommiltcd that some defects.
POINTED out nv various persons when tn
subject was pending In the Council, might
be remeded. All Of these were gwen care.
ful consideration and meditation, and sege-
raj amendments were agreed upon. The
paper a. amended by the committee will be
reprinted prior 10 the adjourned meet
ing Of the Council Friday night al
3 O'Clock, when IL will come up for con-
sideraion. The proposed changes will not
affect the working OF the scheme in any
material point; they only look to more
thorough and perfect iu filment Of its orlgi-
nal designs and were all acceptable to Mr.
Pulliam, who spent much time in the pre-
paration OF the document, which is gene.
rally considered an exceedingly good one
and calculated 10 rebound to the city'S
good.
As proposed to be amended by the CON.
mittee the ordinance provides that when
any street parallel with Hull is paved the
persons whose property fronts thereon
shall pay the cost of paving the sidewalk
and LAYING the guttering aud curbing for
the number OF feet which bis property fronts
on the street. Persons owning property
fronting on the cross or longitudinal streets
shall pay in the same manner, the cost of
paving and guttering the portion OF the
cross street on which no property fronts 10
be borne pro rata by all Of the persons
owning property on the square. The
amendment is to the effect that person
owning a corner piece Of property that
fronts on a cross street shall bear the expense
of having, guttering. and curling aS many
feet front or the side street. The diiferen -
is that the pavement on the long streets
is to be thirteen and a half feet wide,
whereas that on the cross streets is to b.
but h3lf this width. In other respects the
paper /, unchanged. The paving bonds,
which are to run for twenty years. will
bear interest for that length Of time az 3
por cent. The principal aud Interest viii
be added together ana divided into twenty
annual InstalmentS, TO be collected a. other
taxes. Persons can save interest by pay.
irg their assessments prior TO maturity.
The term Of imprisonment OF James
Cunningham, the cOlOred man sent TO jail
for nine months for entering the saloon o.
G. T.. Davis, Fourth and Hull streets, and
stealing money from off the shelf behind
the bar, expired yesterday, aud he WIS
given his liberty. There was another in
dictmcnt standing against him, which was
f0fie DroSeglded.
The old >hauty on Hull street Just two
doors above TOlby's was being torn down
Yesterday. n, ~ well a. several OF it,
ndghboT,, IN, been IN cyesOrc for many
years. MI. Nunnally said to a Di5Dltcb
reporter that new building will soon b.
creried here. but II had not yet been deer
mined " hat Kind Of a building It shall be
Yesterday drainase-pipcs were being laid
connecting the rear part ol the lots belong
ing to Nr. &. W. Turner, on iiull street
between Eleventh and Twelfth, with the
street cutter.
In the Hastings Court yesterday few
small civil cases were disposed OF, and the
Ma yOr bad no matters OF special interest to
engage his attention.
stuart Lodge OF Odd.FellOIs held
meeting last night, which wa, QUITE largely
attended, and officers 10 be elected al the
next meeting were nominated.
The funeral OF Nannie, the three-yeu-
old son OF Mr.. K T. Brown, who died
Monday morning OF cholera minimum. took
place from hi, parents residence, Ninth
and Porter streets, yesterday morning.